Tire carrier



March 30 1926. 1,578,823 w. R. GREEN TIRE CARRIER Filed June 21, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 7% 1627- fem March 30 1926. 1,578,823

' w. R. GREEN TIRE CARRIER I Filed June" 21, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 the following is a scription of the same, reference being had to Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

- WALTER 12., GREEN; or, CHICAGO, ILLLENblS? 'rrnn CARRIER.

Application filed! June 21, 1923; swarm. cranial v To all/ whom it may concern;

Be. it known that I, lVAn'rnR R. GREEN, a citizen of the United'St-ates, ancla resident of the city Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois,.haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Tire Gar-Bier; and I do hereby declare that full, clear, and exact dethe accompanying drawings, and to the nu- .inerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of specification.

This. invention relates to a tire carrier adapted for attaclnnent tothe bottom of the body of trucks and vehicles and the like. It. an objectv of this invention to provide a. simple anddurable carrier that can be readily attached to the bottom of a truck or the like with prowrision of inserting and removing times; without much effort andin which the tires can be readily locked against the-fit. I v i lVith these and other-objectsin view, this invention comprises thev novel mechanism and combinations hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and'defincd in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a preferred en'lbodiment of this invention, and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar features in'the different views:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the carrier with the supporting standards thereof shown in section. i 7 v Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the carrier. I

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially upon the line 3-3 of Figure 2, with the standards shown broken off.

Figure lis a section taken substantially upon the line 4-4 of Figure 2, showing a carrier to a truck.

part of the truck body in section and a part in elevation.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary ele vational view of the latching means for the carrier.

Figure 6'is a vtop plan view of thesripporting stirrup and the carrier gate.

Figure 7 illustrates the application of As shown on the drawings:

Referring to the drawings, which illus trate one form of the invention, the carrier consists of a supporting platform whlch is adapted to be supported by vertical standthe v for the introclfuction and removal of tire from the carrier and means are prom ideal, forlocking the gate in closed; position,

The platform or base consists; Oifi a: chan nel: member 11 adjacent the sides of which are: secured the sectionsr2' at right ends. or brackets, and having, a movable, gate 1;;-

anglesthereto. The ends of the elm-ir I nelmembers 2 abut the flanges of the chanm 1 aimroxi nately at the; ce tr point-j Angle clips 3 are used to, connect. the channel members 2 to the channel member 1 A form oft-russ i 3); connectedrre spectively at. its-ends to; the outer ends of the channel members 2;, anditakingr overthe flanges: of the channel 11 at its middle point serves to. bracev the outer free. ends of; the if c ia m l s ctions 2.; T e pla tonn is he m in the form of a eross but any other; form or; shape may be used Supporting standards 5. having upper and lower right angled; flanges 67. serve; to suspend the carrier from the body of thetruck,

the lower flangesof the standards, being in; serted between the flanges of the channels which are directeddownwardly and bolted thereto, the upper flanges'being secured to the beams of the truck body, as shown in Fig. 4. Three such standards 5 are used,

one at each of theouter ends ofthe channels I 2 and one at one of theenols of the channel 1.

The other end of the channel 1 has a swinging gate or menber 7 pivotally secured thereto, as shown in Fig. 4:. I i

The gate or member 7 consists'of a metal slat or the like secured at its lower endto the web of a 'U-shaped clip 8 whichfits over one end of the channel 1 and is pivoted to the side flanges thereof so that the same may swing from a horizontal position to an upright position, as shown in Fig. 4. The upper end of the gate 7 is provided with an inwardly directed right angled portion 7 'Whicll terminates in. an upwardly directed stop flange or lug 7 A keeper or stirrup 8 in the form of U-shaped bracket is'attached to the body of the truck for receiving the right-angled por tion 7, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 An inverted U-shaped support or bracket 9(Figs. 5 and 6) is positioned within the keeper 8 and pivoted to the sides thereof so that the same may swing relatively thereto. 7 A locking tongue or lug 10 is secured to. the Web of the bracket 9 so as to swing therewith into or out of the path of the lug 7 The forward or free end of this locking tongue is normally adapted to drop in front of the stop lug 7 to hold or lock the gate 7 in closed position. The locking tongue 10 and the right-angled extension 7 are provided with registering apertures to receive the hasp of a padlock whereby the gate 7 may be locked in its closed position to prevent theft of the tires. The carrier is preferably supported so that the gate 7 is adjacent the rear end of the truck, as shown in Fig. 7

I so that ready access thereto is possible.

The tires are supported upon the crossshaped platform and'retained from lateral movement by the three uprights 5 and the gate 7. The carrier is shown of a sufficient depth to accommodate two tires, one superposed upon the other, but the carrier may be made of any other suitable depth.

The two opposite uprights 5 on the ends of the channels 2 are necessarily spaced 180 apart in a circumferential direction so that when the gate 7 is unlatched and swung into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 4, tires can be readily inserted or removed from the carrier, but when the gate 7 is swung to a vertical position and its upper end latched by the locking-tongue 10, and locked by the padlock, the tires are securely locked in the carrier.

The carrier is very simple, yet strong and durable, and may be readily applied to the bottom of a truck body. The outwardly swinging gate at the rear of the vehicle provides ready access to the carrier.

I am aware that numerous details of con: struction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles latch adapted for locking engagement with such flange.

2. In an underslung tire carrier for vehicles having side rails and a transverse.

member, comprising a platform, brackets connecting said platform and rails, a vertically swingable gate hinged to said platform and having an upper inwardly extended flange provided with a stop shoulder, a

keeper upon said transverse memberfor receiving the inwardly extending flange of said gate, a latch pivoted to said keeper for engaging said stop shoulder and means for locking said keeper to said flange.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WALTER GREEN. 

